Author(s): Peter Mills
Publisher: BMJ Books
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 265
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
ISBN 0727916203......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
SECTION I: CORONARY DISEASE......Page 12
1 The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes......Page 14
2 Atherogenesis: current understanding of the causes of atheroma......Page 20
3 Acute coronary syndromes: presentation – clinical spectrum and management......Page 26
4 Acute coronary syndromes: risk stratification......Page 34
5 Acute myocardial infarction: thrombolysis......Page 40
6 The natural history of acute myocardial infarction......Page 45
7 Management of the post-myocardial infarction patient: rehabilitation and cardiac neurosis......Page 50
8 Intervention in coronary artery disease......Page 55
SECTION II: HEART FAILURE......Page 66
9 Epidemiology, aetiology, and prognosis of heart failure......Page 68
10 The diagnosis of heart failure......Page 75
11 Non-transplant surgery for heart failure......Page 80
SECTION III: CARDIOMYOPATHY......Page 88
12 The cardiomyopathies: an overview......Page 90
13 Diagnosis and management of dilated cardiomyopathy......Page 96
14 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment......Page 103
SECTION IV: VALVE DISEASE......Page 112
15 Worldwide perspective on valve disease......Page 114
16. Timing of aortic valve surgery......Page 119
17 Cardiac valve surgery in the octogenarian......Page 127
18 Anticoagulation in valvar heart disease: new aspects and management during non-cardiac surgery......Page 133
19 Interface between valve disease and ischaemic heart disease......Page 139
20 Clinical anatomy of the aortic root......Page 145
21 Cardiovascular surgery for Marfan syndrome......Page 149
SECTION V: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY......Page 154
22 Temporary cardiac pacing......Page 156
23 Antiarrhythmic drugs: from mechanisms to clinical practice......Page 162
24 Treatment of atrial flutter......Page 170
25 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia......Page 176
SECTION VI: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE......Page 184
26 Antenatal diagnosis of heart disease......Page 186
27 Fetal and infant markers of adult heart diseases......Page 190
28 Interventional catheterisation. Opening up I: the ventricular outflow tracts and great arteries......Page 198
29 Interventional catheterisation. Opening up II: venous return, the atrial septum, the arterial duct, aortopulmonary shunts, and aortopulmonary collaterals......Page 203
SECTION VII: IMAGING TECHNIQUES......Page 208
30 Myocardial perfusion imaging......Page 210
31 Positron emission tomography and myocardial imaging......Page 216
32 Non-invasive coronary artery imaging with electron beam computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging......Page 222
SECTION VIII: GENERAL CARDIOLOGY......Page 230
33 Myocarditis, pericarditis and other pericardial diseases......Page 232
34 Heart disease in the elderly......Page 238
35 Thyroid disease and the heart......Page 245
36 Evaluation of large scale clinical trials and their application to usual practice......Page 251
Index......Page 258
Citation Index......Page 265
